As Goa heads to the polls, various parties are fighting for control of the state's affairs. One faces anti-incumbency charges for stealing the people's mandate last election, and then inducting a powerful 10-member group from another party to stabilize their government so that anti-people policies made by the double-engine government may be implemented. This party is still unable to focus on current issues; they continue to carry retro files in order to divert voters' attention away from current misrule like taking the electorate for granted with pronouncements intended only for a specific audience.
Second, a party that fared poorly in the past election is currently attempting to sway voters by bungee jumping into non-political protests for a cause taken up by genuine Goans.
Then there came another party, fully loaded with expertise and finances, with the goal of gaining the needed percentage to become a pan-India party. Started the game by forging an alliance with the same people who favoured merging Goa with Maharastra, then pounced on the oldest party in the race, poaching mostly the old and vary.
Then we have the grand old party, which has been rejuvenated with the infusion of new blood and is ready to compete as the strongest in the competition.
Finally, the Niz Goenkar's parties that have pledged their heart and soul to protect motherland Goa. The ‘nimno ullo’ or the last call of a Goenkar to save whatever little is left of our beautiful Goa for the future generations being the motto.
Tomorrow, we Goans will have a range of options to pick from for our children's future. A vote that will restore the peaceful, resourceful, secular, and prosperous natural "Golden Goa" that we have known for so long and pass it on to future generations.
Clarence Alvares, Sangolda
